The contrast between America’s great island allies on opposite ends of the world couldn’t be more drastic. Japan has just given its common-sense conservative prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, a ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party secured a sweeping win in Sunday’s parliamentary elections, capturing about 316 seats in the 465-member lower house and ...

TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's coalition swept to a historic election win on Sunday, paving the way for promised tax cuts that have spooked financial markets and military spending ...

TOKYO >> Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s coalition swept to a historic election win on Sunday, paving the way for promised tax cuts that have spooked financial markets and military spending ...

TOKYO, Feb 6 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump gave his "total endorsement" of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi ahead of a national election in Japan on Sunday, adding he looked forward to hosting ...

Japan's first woman Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has shown little appetite for framing her leadership around gender - Copyright AFP/File Kazuhiro NOGI Japan's first ...

Communist China and Japan have been engaging in a serious diplomatic dispute over Taiwan for almost a month. While Japan strives to de-escalate tensions, China’s aggressive stance—particularly toward ...

On October 21, Japan elected its first female prime minister. Takaichi Sanae, a former economic security minister and a protégé of the late Prime Minister Abe Shinzo, was elected to be the 104th prime ...

Sanae Takaichi has just been confirmed as Japan’s first female prime minister. But more important than her gender might be her taste for head-banging — in music and politics. In what has been a ...

Sanae Takaichi, a staunch conservative who admires Margaret Thatcher, became Japan's first woman prime minister on Tuesday, but analysts say her rise does not necessarily signal a feminist victory.